Methodus is recipe costing, inventory, and team training for independent restaurants and bars — built by operators, for operators.

What it does

Recipe costing in real time. Snap an invoice and ingredient prices update across every recipe that uses them. Build a spec sheet once; Methodus keeps its food cost current as prices move. See your actual pour cost and plate cost — not last month's estimate.

Stock counting from your phone. Walk the walk-in, count from your phone, and see theoretical-vs-actual variance by the time you're back at the bar. No clipboards, no spreadsheets.

Menu engineering from real data. Know which items make money and which quietly bleed it — stars, plowhorses, puzzles, and dogs, calculated from your actual POS sales and real ingredient costs.

Team training that lives in the product. Spec sheets, prep methods, and training quizzes auto-generated from your recipes. Staff learn the menu the way you built it, in the language they speak.

Who it's for

Independent venues — restaurants, bars, cocktail bars, cafés, and hotel F&B — that want to stop guessing their margins and start running on real numbers.

Pricing

From $69/month per venue. 14-day free trial, no card required. Works in English, French, Spanish, German, and Arabic, with voice capture in 40+ languages.

KitchenCost is a recipe costing and menu pricing app built for chefs, bakers, caterers, food trucks, cafes, and small restaurants that need clear numbers without spreadsheet chaos. Instead of recalculating costs manually every time an ingredient price changes, you create ingredients once, build recipes from them, and instantly see total cost, cost per serving, food cost %, and a suggested selling price based on your target margin.

The app also supports reusable sub-recipes, which makes it easier to manage prep components like sauces, doughs, fillings, and dressings across multiple menu items. That means pricing stays more accurate as your menu grows and updates become much easier to manage.

KitchenCost is designed to be practical for day-to-day operations. It works offline by default, does not require an account to get started, and keeps data on your device unless you choose to enable sync. For independent chefs and small food businesses, it offers a simpler way to price confidently, save time, and keep margins visible.